Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to establish City Council oversight for real property assessment increases; and authorizing the appropriate officers to fix the date for the election for such purpose; prescribing the form of the ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the election; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Oh
Introduced: May 26, 2022
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2020–2023 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill proposes to change the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to give City Council more oversight in reviewing and rejecting large increases in property assessments.
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